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DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.
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Vexappeal
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vex ap peel
Sentence: Rodney's bad habits were finally starting to grate on Stephanie. His sex appeal had long since become a vexappeal for her. She should have known when he told her that his family motto was, "You can pick your nose, but n ot your relatives..."
Etymology: Vex (irk, annoy) & Appeal (attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates) Wordplay on Sex appeal (attractiveness to the opposite sex)
Pennykilla
Created by: shrimp
Pronunciation: penni-killa
Sentence: a times of a romantic evening, the dirty looks of the girl will pennykilla my heart
Etymology: first thing I thought of when I read the description :-)
Captainquirk
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: cap/tayn/kwirk
Sentence: Everything was going so well until he pulled a captainquirk over and over and over - time to beam me out Scotty
Etymology: Captain Kirk + quirk
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COMMENTS:
Funny!! I always felt the captain was a bit quirky. - Stevenson0, 2007-02-15: 11:18:00
Quirky - yes - but regular - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-15: 12:12:00
"I'm...getting the feeling...that..I...could be annoying...you" - Alchemist, 2007-02-15: 22:40:00
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Abiquirk
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: ahb-i-kwerk
Sentence: Jimmy's demeanor had several fatal abiquirks.
Etymology: abort(to end) + quirk(an eccentricity)
Endearmental
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: enn deeer ment ahl
Sentence: his enderment finally drove her endearmental. She put the bear trap in her (large)Armani bag, before heading out to the disco. "Tonight will be the last time he grabs his crotch when they play Michael Jackson" she promised herself,
Etymology: endearment mental
Idiosyncrazy
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: dry-vin-mee-NUTZ
Sentence: I swear, if Sheila develops one more friggin' idiosyncrazy involving unicorns, I am OUTTA there!
Etymology: idiosyncracy (little personal quirk) + crazy (not sane)
Quirkedout
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: qwerked-out
Sentence: Julie was quirkedout by Dan's annoying habbit of clicking his teeth.
Etymology: quirk + past tense + out
Agitrait
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: aj/i/treyt
Sentence: His nose-picking became a major agitrait for his girlfriend.
Etymology: agitate + trait
Vexitating
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: vex-i-ta-ting
Sentence: Sam was the most vexitating man I ever knew. He had more bad habits than an alcoholic nun.
Etymology: vex: to cause annoyance by minor irritations + irritating: chafe; aggravating
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COMMENTS:
Lol. I\'ve known a few Sams too. - artr, 2009-09-09: 12:21:00
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Divugnance
Created by: Mobelia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His once endearing habit of winking at her was quickly becoming a divugnance.
Etymology: from diversion as in quirk, abboration or abnomality and repugnance as in distaste, repulsion and resentment.
Comments:
wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...
ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.